I Dreamt Of You (Wolfstar)

chapter 4

Sirius looked around the "garden" in wonder, It was the size of a park and had a pool, waterfall, many different plants and flowers, and windchimes. Where the house was somewhat stiff and formal looking, the garden was peaceful and relaxed. He could see why Mr Lupin had thought he'd want to come outside. Remus had a content smile on his face and Sirius felt the happiest he had in a long time.

Being out in the garden reminded Sirius of something he'd forgotten until now. "Remus?" he asked, poking the boy's shoulder playfully. "Can I have my garden back now?"

"Oops." Remus smiled and dug around in his pocket, pulling out the box and handing it to Sirus. "What are you planning on doing with it? I bet my mum would let you replant it here if you asked." he said.

"Really?" Sirius looked at Remus uncertainly. "Can we ask her about that later then please?" he asked, fiddling with the box he was now holding nervously.

"Of course." The brunette nodded reassuringly. He held his hand out to Sirius and after a moment of hesitation, the dark haired teen took it. They wandered over to the waterfall and, taking their shoes off, splashed their feet in the pond at the bottom. A tiny fish swam past and nibbled at Sirius' toes. He scrunched his nose up at the odd feeling but smiled.

Sirius felt a rush of energy travelling up his feet from the water, which had been tingling, and let out a giggle at the tickling sensation. On a whim, he twirled a finger at the water in front of him and let out a surprised gasp when a tiny flower formed out of water and floated into the air.

"Remus, look!" He cried excitedly, pushing the flower towards his mate. It wobbled a little as his focus became distracted, but ultimately kept its design for the most part. He felt a constant little tug on his magic in order to maintain the flower and instinctively knew that he shouldn't keep holding the water in a shape for much longer, because he wasn't used to using this type of his magic yet and could hurt himself.

As soon as Remus had seen the flower for a few seconds, he relaxed his hands and the flower cascaded back down into the pond, making tiny splashes as the water returned to its natural form. Sighing a little in relief when his magic was no longer being drained, Sirius flopped down, leaning against Remus' shoulder.

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Remus looked at his mate in awe. "That was beautiful, Sirius! I think you're most likely a water elf, but I'm sure father will still insist on dragging you to Gringotts for the inheritance test, though." He added wryly.

"What, no 'i bet I can find a book on this'?" his mate mumbled playfully, grinning tiredly at him.

"Oh, shush." Remus pouted, crossing his arms grumpily. Sirius was still leaning against him and he realized that they should probably return to the house soon. His mate was obviously tired and was still healing, so he shouldn't be doing a lot right now.

"Can you tell me more about water-elves?" Sirius asked shyly after a moment of silence.

"As much as I know, but then you're better off finding another water-elf to mentor you. I can ask my father if he knows any." Remus replied.

"Okay." Sirius agreed, and they fell into peaceful silence, occasionally splashing each other with their feet. The dark haired boy seemed half-asleep by now, but Remus couldn't bring himself to end the moment just yet.

Their silence was finally broken when Remus heard his father calling for them to come back inside. He helped a drowsy Sirius up from the ground and they walked slowly back to the manor house. His father had probably seen them splashing each other near the waterfall, because when they arrived, he was standing on the path with a house-elf holding towels nearby.

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The house-elf handed Sirius a towel and said, "Tell me's if you need another, Minny can get you one, sir."

"Thank you, Minny." Sirius replied, smiling thankfully at the elf.

Remus had been talking to his father while Sirius had been drying off, and he now came back over. "Father wants me to tell you that supper will be served in an hour. He regretfully won't be there to host because of some work, but Mother will be hosting instead. He also wants you to know that we're taking you to Gringotts tomorrow for your inheritance test." Remus said, his formal tone a striking contrast to earlier. Sirius would deny this until his last breath, but he also found it kind of hot.

"Couldn't talk him out of it?" Sirius joked, smiling at Remus' adorable laugh.

"Actually, yes to the creature inheritance, but he still thinks that it's only right for you to see if you have any house rings or vaults that you can claim. I don't know what on earth Dumbledore was thinking, not having you take one already! Most of them have protections on them for things like love potions and poisons and things like that and I'm sure you could've used that." Remus responded.

Mr Lupin had disappeared inside at this point, and Sirius was suddenly feeling sleepy again.

"Remus, can I take a nap before supper?" He asked quietly, yawning a little.

Remus nodded immediately. "Of course, Sirius. Do you know you're way up to the room you're staying in, or should I take you there?"

"Take me there. I'd just get lost otherwise." Sirius replied after a moment of thought. Only to be followed with a "Hey, wha-" as Remus scooped him up into his arms, bridal style.

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"You didn't think I'd make my mate walk all the way up four flights of stairs when he's exhausted, did you?" Remus said, stopping Sirius from protesting. He bopped the other boy on the nose teasingly, causing Sirius to bat halfheartedly at his hand.

The other boy submitted to his embrace, and clung tightly to Remus' shirt when they went up the stairs. He yawned again several times, and Remus' wolf was running in circles throwing confetti about being able to care for Sirius.

They made it to Sirius' room, and Remus placed him carefully on the bed and sat down in the chair next to it, setting a magical alarm for one hour, before falling asleep next to his slumbering mate.